politico.com - 11/21/2008
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July 31, 2007 Read More: Hillary Clinton Hillary on needle exchange: "As much spine as we possibly can" There are few differences between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on details of domestic policy, but previously unreported exchanges at recent New York meetings revealed one. Obama ...
washingtonindependent.com - 11/21/2008
corner.nationalreview.com - 11/23/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
So a mere two weeks after victory, 'hope
and change' and 'a break from the past' reified
into parceling out posts to dozens of Clintonite retreads, plenty of the old requisite Ivy-League law degrees, ample influence from establishment ex-lobbyists, de ...
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So that was it?
google.com - 11/21/2008
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google.com —
4 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Barack Obama
is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as
secretary of state after Thanksgiving, an aide to his transition said Thursday. One week after the former primary rivals met secretly to ...
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The Associated Press: Aide: Obama on track to nominate ...
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Maia Szalavitz: Obama Drug Czar Pick: No Recovery from War on Drugs?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... to lift the federal ban on funding.
Needle exchanges have been shown repeatedly to reduce HIV and contrary to the claims of opponents, they help addicts get into treatment.
But Bill Clinton had a drug czar-- Barry McCaffrey-- who said that needle exchange "sent the wrong message," and would make him seem soft on drugs. McCaffrey fought against it and Clinton now says he "regrets" caving in to drug war politics.
While Obama has said that he favors federal funding, the last thing we need is another drug czar to talk him out of it. ...
Obama's pick for Drug Czar opposes needle exchange
Majikthise —
... Barack Obama supports needle exchange programs for intravenous drug users, which have been clinically proven to slow the spread of HIV and other illnesses. In fact, the president-elect wants to lift the ban on federal funding for needle exchanges. So, why is he be leaning towards a Drug Czar who opposes these lifesaving programs, despite an otherwise pragmatic and compassionate approach to drug policy, Maia Szalavitz wonders. ...
Allan Clear: Obama's Choice: Sane U.N. Drug Policy or the Same Old Failed War-on-Drugs Routine?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... It is imperative that the new Obama administration act quickly to ensure that the U.S. delegation to this upcoming UNGASS review reflect Obama's publicly stated position that he, per the official ...
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Well, take it for what it's worth but this is the reported response from Clinton to the SoS slot, via Ben Smith:
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(Note: Buzzin' Ben Smith first called attention to this .) Barack Obama's political team -- OFA2, as they call it internally -- wants to know what Obama's supports would like to do with the 10,000,000-strong Obama volunteer army. Actually, that's 10 million e-mail addresses; the campaign ...
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It’s not playing quite as well, however, in some precincts of Obamaland. From his supporters on the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, to campaign aides of the soon-to-be commander-in-chief, there’s a sense ...
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The Guardian is reporting that he has offered her the job and she is going to accept it. I'm not sure why the Guardian would be the beneficiary of such a leak? Can't they leak to an American newspaper? Though Ben Smith is now reporting that he did indeed make the offer to her and the only holdup ...
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